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nobleman / person of noble character
HSK 7-9
virtuous gentleman (idiom)
monarchy / sovereign state
monarchy
Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
heir apparent to a throne
opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker
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monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler
Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
tyrant / despot
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol
(honorific) husband
(honorific) your father
monarch / sovereign
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
monarch
a ruler and his ministers (old)
hypocrite
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
constitutional monarchy
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp
spirit of the planet Mars
the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief
sage
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
Junshan district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳, Hunan
regicide / to commit regicide
monarchical power
to dupe one's sovereign
refined gentleman
scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany)
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐
Gentlemen! (start of a speech) / Ladies and Gentlemen!
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
upright gentleman / man of honor
people of good will (idiom); charitable person
my late father / my ancestors / the late emperor
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
Junshan district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳, Hunan
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝, one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女
homosexual (positive term)
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
Grand Hyatt (hotel brand)
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
monarchy
ideal husband; Mr. Right
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology)
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
hereditary monarchy
monarchy / autocracy
royal title
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
sovereign king
absolute monarchy / autocracy
incapable ruler
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
enlightened sovereign
recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict
Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国


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